Milwaukee District / West Line

Milwaukee District / West Line

A Milwaukee District/West train at Roselle in 2009.
Overview
Type Commuter Rail
System Metra
Termini Union Station
Elgin/Big Timber Road
Stations 22
Daily ridership 22,100 (Avg. Weekday 2009)[1]
Operation
Owner Metra (Dispatched by CP Rail)
Operator(s) Metra, Canadian Pacific Railway
Technical
Line length 39.8 mi (64.1 km)
Track gauge 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)
Route map
Legend
39.8 mi
64.1 km
 Big Timber Road
36.6 mi
58.9 km
 Elgin
36.0 mi
57.9 km
 National Street
Fox River
 Spaulding
30.1 mi
48.4 km
 Bartlett
28.4 mi
45.7 km
 Hanover Park
26.5 mi
42.6 km
 Schaumburg
23.9 mi
38.5 km
 Roselle
23.0 mi
37 km
 Medinah
21.0 mi
33.8 km
 Itasca
Salt Creek
19.1 mi
30.7 km
 Wood Dale
17.2 mi
27.7 km
 Bensenville
14.0 mi
22.5 km
 Mannheim
13.2 mi
21.2 km
 Franklin Park
NCS to Antioch
Des Plaines River
11.4 mi
18.3 km
 River Grove
10.2 mi
16.4 km
 Elmwood Park
9.5 mi
15.3 km
 Mont Clare
9.1 mi
14.6 km
 Mars
8.6 mi
13.8 km
 Galewood
7.7 mi
12.4 km
 Hanson Park
7.0 mi
11.3 km
 Cragin
6.5 mi
10.5 km
 Grand/Cicero
5.9 mi
9.5 km
 Hermosa
MD-N Amtrak
Coach Yard

2.9 mi
4.7 km
 Western Avenue
2.9 mi
4.7 km
 UP-W
Northwest branch
UP-N UP-NW
Green and Pink Lines

0 mi Union Station Amtrak
BNSF to Aurora
HC to Joliet
 SWS to Manhattan

The Milwaukee District / West Line (MD-W) is a Metra commuter rail line in Chicago, Illinois, and the western suburbs. (Metra does not refer to any of its lines by a particular color, but the timetable accents for the Milwaukee District/West line are dark "Arrow Yellow," honoring the Milwaukee Road's Arrow passenger train.[2])

It runs from Union Station in downtown Chicago through the western suburbs to Elgin, Illinois. In April 2013 the public timetable shows 29 trains leaving Chicago each weekday, of which 22 run to Big Timber Road. Of the 7 trains that do not run through to Big Timber Road, 2 terminate at Franklin Park, 3 at Elgin, 1 at National Street, and 1 at Bartlett. All weekend trains terminate at Elgin; Big Timber Road does not have weekend service.

A new station at Grand Avenue and Cicero Avenue opened on December 11, 2006. It replaced stations in the Hermosa and Cragin neighborhoods.[3]

Metra has long range plans to eventually extend the line to Huntley and Marengo, Illinois, and, in the long term, out to Rockford.[4][5]

The line runs on the Canadian Pacific Railway Elgin Subdivision (Ex-Milwaukee Road line to Omaha).

Rolling stock

The MD-W line's locomotive fleet consists of mainly MPI MP36PH-3S diesel-electric locomotives, with some EMD F40PH locomotives. The line also operates ex-GO Transit EMD F59PH locomotives, presently these locomotives also operate on the Milwaukee District/North Line. As of 2016, three of these locomotives are in operation.

Coaches, or passenger railcars, consist mostly of Nippon Sharyo railcars built in the early 2000s. Cab cars are Nippon Sharyo built. Budd-built railcars also operate on the line, but the cab cars built by Budd have not been in use since the delivery of the newer railcars.

Station stops

Station name Location Notes
Union Station West Loop
Western Avenue East Garfield Park
Hermosa Hermosa Closed in 2006
Grand/Cicero Austin Rush hour Service only
Cragin Belmont Cragin Closed in 2006
Hanson Park Hanson Park Rush Hour Service Only
Galewood Galewood
Mars Rush Hour Service Only
Mont Clare Montclare
Elmwood Park Elmwood Park
River Grove River Grove
Franklin Park Franklin Park
Mannheim Rush Hour Service Only
Bensenville Bensenville
Wood Dale Wood Dale
Itasca Itasca
Medinah Medinah
Roselle Roselle
Schaumburg Schaumburg
Hanover Park Hanover Park
Bartlett Bartlett
Spaulding Elgin/Bartlett Closed 1971
National Street Elgin
Elgin
Big Timber Road Weekdays Only

References

  1. ↑ "Ridership Reports - System Facts". Metra. Retrieved April 6, 2010.
  2. ↑ "Did you know?" (PDF). On the Bi-Level: 3. June 2009.
  3. ↑ Metra (2006-12-11). "Metra - Station and Parking Construction Advisories". Archived from the original on 2006-12-08. Retrieved 2006-12-11.
  4. ↑ "Marengo Extension Commuter Rail Feasibility Study" (PDF). Retrieved 2013-10-20.
  5. ↑ "NORTHERN ILLINOIS COMMUTER RAIL INITIATIVE COMMUTER RAIL FEASIBILITY STUDY" (PDF). Retrieved 2013-10-20.

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